Entering Preexisting Shares

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Norman Yeh" <normyeh at gmail.com> writes:

> (Paul, my apology for posting my questions to you.)
>  
> Hi Derek,
>  
> Your answer of adding a column is very interesting. Pls allow me to jump in
> and ask a few questions.
>  
> I am running GnuCash 2.2.9 under Windows XP with SP3. In you answers, pls
> bless me with details as I am NO accountant, and NO programmer.
>  
> 1. how do I add a column in a stock account or, for that matter, any account?

You cannot.  And that's not what I said/meant.  You can add a column
to the CHART OF ACCOUNTS page to show you the current value of the
stock account.  You cannot add a column to the register.

> 2. how do I make Perl aware of what value to put in a new column in a stock
> account?

I'm not sure what you mean here.

> 3. do I need to update Perl that came with GC 2.2.9 and, if yes, how?

I have no idea.

> 4. how do I update GC, Perl or OFX as I see NO "check for updates" under any
> of the GC menu items?

Subscribe to the gnucash-announce list and when new updates are
available email will get sent out; then you can download the new version
and upgrade.

> Thank you!
>  
> Norman

-derek

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Derek Atkins
> To: --- ---
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:24
> Subject: Re: Entering Preexisting Shares
>
> --- --- <colonelpenguin at hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have a question concerning the entering of pre-existing shares
>> covered in 8.5.1 of the documentation.  Since stocks are very liquid I
>> think it makes sense to have have the current stock value reflect on
>> ones total and current equity.  Instead of specifying the purchase
>> price under equity... I would like to show the current worth.  My
>> investment value currently updates whenever I get quotes in the price
>> editor, but the equity column remains unchanged.  Am I thinking about
>> this wrong... or is this a limitation of GNUCash?
>
> Add a column "Value in Report Currency".
> That will show you the current value based on the most recent PriceDB
> entry.
>
>> Thanks.
>
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> -derek
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